Italian Proverb

>“Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.”

I’m just finishing Future Tense by Canadian journalist Gwynne Dyer. Dyer is best known here for a documentary series called War that ran in the mid 80′s.

Future Tense proposes that the invasion of Iraq is a carefully planned step in the US’s plan to implement the Pax Americana project. Dyer contends that the American political leadership is artificially inflating the danger of terrorist attacks in order to convince the public that the US must wage war against a number of countries that do not share it’s values and ideals.

Thought provoking and compelling, Future Tense paints a gloomy picture of the “Last Superpower” waging a campaign against the United Nations in order to secure its position as the world’s policeman. Today Iraq, tomorrow Iran or North Korea. The danger that one of these “rogue nations” may unleash its nuclear arsenal should cause great concern around the world.

George Santayana once wrote “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. The Roman Empire was built on the same beliefs that power Pax Americana. The only difference is the weaponry available.

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Just a couple of hours to go and then it’s time to board for the trip home.

We went into downtown Atlanta last night for dinner. A nice Italian meal and back to the hotel early. I hit the sack around 9:30 and was out like a light.

Take me home Delta and make it snappy.

And you think your day sucked? Yesterday, I boarded 3 aircraft, went from below zero cold to driving rain, endured a missed approach into Atlanta and had 2 hotel rooms in a 15 minute period. My day began at 3:30 yesterday morning and ended at 2:00 am this morning.

We flew from Montreal to LaGuardia airport in New York city and, after a 1 hour layover, plodded on to Atlanta. The approach into the airport here was accompanied by lightning and zero visibility in heavy rain and the pilots had to go around because there was a problem with “clearance with ground traffic” whatever that means. We ended up getting in over 1/2 hour late. A long, long walk through the terminal and then an extended wait to get to the rental car yard was doing nothing for my mood. Finally got the car and then headed off to the Mariott where they initially couldn’t find my reservation. When they did, they put me in a beautiful suite on the top floor. Only one problem – no bed. Got that straightened out and they put me in another room. Only one problem – no smoking allowed. I’d just gone through nearly 8 hours without a smoke so I really didn’t need that. I guess I could have changed again but at 2 AM I was more interested in sleep than nicotine.

Hopefully today goes better.

Hunter S Thompson (1937-2005)

> “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

Rest In Peace HST. The mojo wire will be silent forever.

I’ve just updated the WordPress software that handles this blog and I’m having trouble with my style sheet so, for a while, you’ll just have to put up with the boring old default.
Update: well I’ve got some of the old stuff back and I sorta like the look of the posting section. I’ll probably still mess around and screw it up later but for now I think I’ll leave it like this.